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W. M. DIXON.

UOMBINED'GOMB CLEANER AND COMB.

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WALTER MATTHIAS DIXON, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNQR OF ONE HALF TOCHARLES VENABLES DEANE, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED COMB=CLEANER AND COMB.

SPECIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 385,796. dated duly 10,188B.

A pplication filed May 10, 1887.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER ll/IATTHIAS DIXON, a subject of the Queen ofGreat Brit ain, now residing at St. Paul, in the county of 5 Ramsey andState of Minncsotznhaveinvented an improved Combined Comb Cleaner andComb; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making part of this specification.

My invention consists, first, in an improved comb-cleaner applied to acomb as a permanent attachment thereto, and, second, in such acomb-cleaner having the form and construction of a case applied to apocketcomb to hold the same while in the pocket of the person possessingit, all substantially as hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a side view of atoilet-comb with my improved comb-cleaner applied thereto. Fig. 2 is atransverse section of the same; Fig. 3, a side View of the comb with thecombcleaner moved out to the end of the combteeth, as in cleaning thecomb therewith; Fig. 4., a face view of the comb-cleaner separate; Fig.5, an end view of the same; Fig.6, an end view of a metallic comb-backemployed to hold the comb-cleaner permanently on the comb; Fig. 7, aview in perspective of the comb cleaner applied to a pocket-comb andserving as a case to hold the comb for placing in the pocket, the combbeing incloscd in the case; 5 Fig. 8, a side view of the comb cleanerand case, showing the comb drawn out of the ease sufficiently for use;Fig. 9, a face view of the comb cleaner and case; Fig. 10, alongitudinal vertical section of the comb,comb'clcaner, 40 and case.

Like letters designate corresponding parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings, A represents a comb, and B the improved comb-cleaner.This improved 5 comb-cleaner consists of a strip, generally of sheetmetal, of trough-like form, its two sides, a a, substantially parallel,and its face b pro vided with transverse slot-s fitting, respectively,over the teeth of the comb, with intermediate 0 bars of the metal at theproper distances apart good and handsome finish to the comb with to thusfit between the teeth of the comb from end to end. When. this tronghlikestrip is placed npouthc comb and its slots embrace the bottoms of theteeth thereof, as shown in Fig. 1, the sides a a closely embrace thesides of the comb at the back, and the cleaner does not there interferewith the use of the comb. Whenever it is desired to clean the comb, thecleaner is simply pushed forward to the end of the comb-teeth, as showninFig. 3, and the sides and cross-bars of the cleaner scrape the dirtfrom all the teeth of the comb at once. The combcleaner is then pushedback to the inner end of the comb-teeth. I

The comb cleaner might be made to fit closely enough on the comb toretain itself in position thereon without further assistance; but, inorder not only to absolutely hold the cleaner in place on the comb, butto give a the cleaner on it, I add a preferably metallic back, 0, whichis adapted to surmount the back of the comb and to overlap and hold uponthe outer edges of the combcleaner, to retain the same in place, andgive finish to the whole combined instrument, as well as the nsnaladvantages of a metallic combback. For this purpose I prefer to providethe rearedges ot' the comb cleaner with outwardly turned flanges c 0 andthe forward edges of the back with inwardly-turned flanges d d, to hookover the flanges of the cleaner, and this securely holds it from movingoutward on the comb. These flanges may have a recurvcd or hook form, asshown, to add to the security of the combination. The back is pushedendwise over the back of the comb and the cleaner, and may be removed atany time, if required.

In applying my combcleaner to pocketcombs lextend the sides ca of thecomb-cleaner B back far enough to form a case wide enough to inclose thewhole comb,and the back edge of the cleaner is permanently inclosedthereby, so that a separate metallic back is not required. By thisconstruction the comb, when not in use, 5 is pushed into the combinedcase and cleaner, as shown in Fig. 7, the bars and slots of the face ofthe cleaner being outside of the comb. Then,when the comb is to be used,the comb is pushed laterally out of the case, the teeth of 10c the combprojecting through the slots of the cleaner, as shown in Fig. 8. Thusthe teeth of the comb are cleaned every time after use when the comb ispushed back into the cleanercase. For the purpose of moving the comb outof the case, I prefer to provide the ends of the case with slots f f, inwhich slightly-projecting pins or knobs g g slide, the user applying hisfingers to theprojeeting ends thereof for moving the comb out and in.There is or may be a hinged cap, D, applied to the combined cleaner andease of the pocket-comb, as shown, to shut down over the slotted edge ofthe cleaner to exclude dust from the interior of the case. This, thoughuseful, is no essential part of my invention.

The only difference between the invention as applied to ordinarytoilet-combs and as applied to pocket-combs is that in one case thecleaner only forms a partially-inclosing case, and in the other a whollyinclosing case, and in one case the cleaner is brought to the bases ofthe comb-teeth when not in use and in the other the cleaner is held atthe points of the comb-teeth when it is not in use.

I claim as my invention 1. In combination with a comb, a combcleanerhaving slots and crossbars for embracing the several teeth of the comband having sides for embracing both sides of the comb, substantially asand for the purpose herein specified.

2. The combination of a comb, a combcleaner having slots and bars forembracing the teeth of the comb severally, and sides for embracing thesides of the comb, and a removable back surrounding the back of the comband overlapping the back edges of the combcleaner, substantially as andfor the purpose herein specified.

8. In combination with a comb, a combcleaner having slots and bars forembracing the several teeth of the comb, and formed to serve as a casein which the comb is inclosed and held when not in use, substantially asherein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing wit-- nesscs.

\VALTER MATTHIAS DIXON.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES V. DEANE, J. M. W. LOWRY.

